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Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A thief, a candlemaker, an ex-mercenary, and a pig farmer walk into a trap…and what happens is no joke. When Riyria is hired to retrieve a jester’s treasure, Royce and Hadrian must match wits with a dwarf who proves to be anything but a fool. Difficult choices will need to be made, and in the end those who laugh last do so because they are the only ones to survive.
This is a standalone short story of 7,200 words. No prior knowledge of The Riyria Revelations or The Riyria Chronicles is required to enjoy it to its fullest, making this a perfect introduction for new readers or a chance for Riyria veterans to spend a little more time with old friends. The Jester is a story of adventure, bonds of friendship, and a recognition that the choices we make dictates the future we find.
NOTE: This short story was originally published in the Unfettered Anthology edited by Shawn Speakman.
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This was clever and interesting, though it read a lot like an adventure/survival story and an awful lot like an RPG quest. Don't get me wrong--I'm not knocking either of those things. That's part of what made it fun, and it is an extremely short story (as evidence by the extremely short audiobook time), so things never get boring. I've heard one of the other short stories in this series, too, though I have yet to read the actual novels (too many books, too little time!), and this was definitely more adventure-focused than mystery-focused. There is a little bit of both genres here, though. The main characters' by-play is amusing and never detracts from the seriousness of their situation, and it was fun to visit with them and the weird string of characters they collected for this adventure to see if I could figure things out.